The home teams are the betting favorites in all four games: the Saints by 7, the Colts by 6, the Vikings by 3 and the Chargers by 7.

But I’m going with two upset picks. I like the Cowboys to beat the Vikings because Dallas is hitting its stride at the perfect time and has the defensive pressure to throw Minnesota off balance.

I’m a little more nervous about my other upset special, but I’ll go with Arizona to beat the Saints, who’ve been on cruise control for too long — losing their last three after clinching early — and will have to flip the switch in a hurry to deal with the dangerous Cardinals.

Of course, the other way to look at that one is that New Orleans has been resting and healing for weeks while the Cardinals just had to fight tooth-and-nail to pull out an overtime shootout against Green Bay.

Either way, that game is my favorite matchup of the week going in. It could be Arizona vs. Green Bay all over again, with the last team that has the ball winning. (No, wait, that’s not how the Cardinals won that OT game, was it?)

So my conference championship predictions are Arizona against Dallas and Indy against the Chargers, with a Super Bowl showdown between the Cowboys and Colts.

Which game are you most looking forward to this weekend and who do you think emerges out of the NFC and AFC?